HIGH: 72
LOW: 55
– The day opens cloudy but skies are likely to brighten as breaks in the clouds will develop allowing mixed sun.
– Much gentler northwest winds veer more north to northeasterly this afternoon at 4 to 12 m.p.h.
– Cool temperatures for the season with peak readings 4-degrees below typical early September levels.
– Partly cloudy, cooler at night. Periods of calm develop allowing several of the chilliest inland locations to reach the upper 40s or low 50s by morning
SEPT. 5 TEMPERATURES
Normal high/low: 78 (degrees) / 57 (degrees)
Record high: 98 (degrees) (1899)
Record low: 44 (degrees) (1988)
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